Nonsurgerical friends just don't get the fear of weight regain

I don't think you need to see a psychologist.  I have read your posts and see you as a strong person with a keen sense of right and wrong for continued success.  Does it help to know you are not alone?  The following story touched my soul and has stayed in the back of mind for years.  It depicts a similarity how I fear WLS victory fading away.  Maybe this story will touch you or whomever chooses to read the following:   "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY" by author Ray Bradbury.

Thank you for sharing that.  Wow...

I don't think anyone who doesn't have an eating disorder can relate to our journey.  I have lost and regained my weight numerous times after vowing I would never regain again, as I would imagine all of us who chose this drastic surgery did.  There's ALWAYS the chance that we'll regain, and I think complacency is worse than the fear.  I think we always need to be diligent about doing the things that got the weight off.  I've heard so many stories of people putting their weight back on, that we have to realize the surgery didn't change our brains/thinking/emotions, which is where the real problem lies.  If we choose to eat extra food to handle our emotions, we're in danger.  I still do that, but that's why I'm very intense about keeping up with my daily exercise, going to support groups, and anything else I can do to ensure I maintain my weight loss.  Again, I don't think people who haven't struggled with this their whole life can understand the stronghold that overeating and bingeing has on us.  Keep up your good work, it's only by being honest with ourselves that we can make the right choices.  It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. 

 My first week here on the site I read a post by GRIM (Hi Grim), that's stuck with me over 4 mths on my journey so far, it just seemed that memorable to me.  He said, "In our own minds our weight loss is huge (and it should be), to the rest of the world not so much." 

I just thought that sounded like it applied, you are allowed to be afraid of regain, I think it would be a bigger issue if we weren't, But if you don't bring it up most people will hopefully forget you even did it and itll be the new norm.  At least I hope that's the case for me...